Seven decades after its founding, the United Nations remains a beacon for all humanity. Every day, the United Nations feeds the hungry and shelters those driven from their homes. The United ...

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Anchor for New York's WABC-TV Eyewitness News Sade Baderinwa takes the stage to speak. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI ...

On average, one person is killed or injured by a landmine somewhere in the world every hour and the UN says children are ...

United Nations Day, celebrated on October 24 each year, commemorates the entry into force of the UN Charter in 1945, marking the official establishment of the United Nations. The day emphasizes core ...

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Asked to pose for the conventional opening-day pictures, the new chief U.S. delegate, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., refused to shake hands with Russia’s Andrei Vishinsky. “Certainly not,” he snapped.

In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed March 21 as the International Day of Nowruz, encouraging global celebrations that highlight the festival's themes of peace, unity ...

Today is the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. At 10 a.m., the ECOSOC Management Meeting will be held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, to conduct ...

President Donald Trump declared that April 2 is Liberation Day in the United States and ordered the establishment of ...

President Trump, accusing 'friend and foe alike' of taking advantage of the United States on trade, said he would impose what ...

In 1975, Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1983, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off on its inaugural mission . In 1991, Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa., and six others were killed in ...